Romanies A Difficult Decision For Abthorpe And South Northants

A family of Gypsies, or Romanies as they prefer to be known, has lived in our parish for a number of years. In 2010 the family was given permission to live on the site that they own, for a period of three years to allow South Northamptonshire Council time to establish permanent sites for travelling people. Our Parish Council objected to the 2010 application on the grounds that it was a development on a greenfield site that contradicted planning policy. Now, with two years of their temporary permission still to go, the family has submitted another planning application to make the permission permanent and restrict the occupation to Gypsies only.